Header and thresher.



' v PATENTED DEC; 3, 1907.

P. SIKORA. HEADER AND THRESHERL APPLICATION FILED MAI-1. 25, 1901. v

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No. 372,465. PATENTBDDEG, 3, 1907. v P. SIKORA, I 1 Y HBADE; AND THRBSHER. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 25, 1901 v ,3 SHEBTS-SHBET 3- Pawns SIKORA, or rUs rKow, AUSTRIA-EU NGAItY.

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- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAWEL SmonA, a sub 160i; of the Emperor of AustriarHungary, and

I resident of Pustkow, Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements a the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is to. provide an improved harvester, adapted to strip the heads from the stalks and 'at the [same time thresh'the heads and the invencombination of parts two motors serving machine forward on the tion consists of the construction and novel scribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved harvester. 2 is a top plan view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a detail view,-partly diagrammatical showin the cutter bar and actuating mechanism. efe'rring to the drawings, A and B are to operate the machine, thatis: I provide a motor for moving the ground, and another motor 'for operating the diflerent mechanical arts of the machine.

om one motor, by means of a wheel 1 and belt 2, to a wheel 3 mounted on a shaft 3". On the ends of the latter are mounted other wheels 5 adapted to be clutched to and disengagged from said shaft when desired. Said whee 5 are suitably connected to wheels 6 "mounted on the axle of the rear supporting wheels 7, whereby the machine is moved forward when the motor is in operation.

The mechanism for stripping off and threshing the heads is operated by the sec- 0nd motor B the movements of which are transmitted to the main-shaft 10 by means of pulleys 8 and Q'and a belt connecting the latter. A threshing threshing drum is pelted to the main. shaft 10, ulleys .11 and 12jbeing provided for said sha ts 10 and 13.

cated on the drawings by the shaft 13 for the sake of clearness. v

The threshing drum is covered by a metal late 14 extending over the shaking mechanism to the floor 15.

The main shaft 10 actuates the shaft 16 by means of pulleys ,1-7, 18; the shaft 19 by means of pulleys 20, 21; and the shaft 22 by means of gear-wheels 23,24. The shaft 19 carries a screw conveyer 25, the pitch of the blades of which are opposite for the purpose of conveying-the threshed heads towards the in Headers and Thrshers, of which hereinafter fully de Power is transmitted drum shaft 13 of a As the construction of the, ,latter is well-known .the same is only 1nd1' &5

ground. Each section 0 .cords 54 Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

middle of the machine, whereby the heads are received by a bucketelevator 26 bringin them into bags arranged under the upperend of said elevator.

. The shaking mechanism u on which the heads and grain are broug t consists of wooden bars 27 to which are secured transverse cleats. The bars nected to the corresponding cranked parts of the shafts 28 and 2.9,so that they receive a shaking motion when the shaft 29 is rm tated by the shaft 16 through the agency of pulleys 30 and 31.

' The mowin or stripping device is con structed as fol oWs:-Arranged at the front of the machine and end to end are a number cutters 33 which serve to cut off the heads. Arranged under the cutter set of bars 34 also provided with cutting teeth which serve to out ofi the ground. The upper cutters are reciprocated by means of evers 36 which are engagedat one end with bolts'or pivots 35 on the cutters. to a cross bar 37 hinged or pivotally connected to a reciprobars 32 is a second the straw close to-' 27 are pivotally con- 'of bars 32 which are provided with toothed eating bar 40, at 56. The lower st of cutter bars 34 are likewise reciprocated .by means of levers 36 which'are ivoted to the cross bar 37 and are also suited posite ends with the bar seen that, as the bar 40 cutter bars are likewise motion, one actuating to move a plurality o cutter bars.

40. .It will thus e 'ven a reciprocating The bar ar thereby servingly connected at the o 5 is reciprocated, the

40 is actuated by mea'ns of a connecting rod 42 yoked to an eccentric on the shaft 41 and by the rotation of the ulleys-43 and 44.

Extending around t e shaft 45, actuated by means of ulleys 46 and 47, and, theshaft 16, is an en ess linen heads from the cutters 33 and'bringi heads to the threshing apparatus, straw cut off on the groun remains on the ground for drying purposes. The shaft 45 carries also pulleys 49 connected to corresponding pulleys 5O ontheshafts 51. Each shaft 51 carries a reel 52, serving to bring the the band vided with rollers 53 sup said 48. Each cutting device 34 is proorting same on the the cutters 33 and be separately raised by means of the 34 may and'the windlasses 55.

band 48 receiving the whi e the by the cutters 34 heads to the cutters '33 arid'upon The operation is as follows:When-the moved forward, the heads are broughtto the cutters 33' by the reels 52, and

out or stripped off by said'cutters, whereupon gthe are bififlgl'kt upon the endless bands ASLaHdthence to the threshing drum mountedQY -bn J the shaft 13.

. When the heads are i thrashed, they are brought together with the the mi .ceived'by the bucket-chain over the end of the shaking device upon the ground Where they remain to be dried. At the same time,

,i grain'u 'omthe shaking device 27, through .Whrcht e grain drops upon the floor 15 and isbrou ht to the screw 25 which moves 1t to die of'the machine, where It is .re-

the straw is cut off at the ground by the cutters 34 and remains on' the ground. The machineis moved forwards by keying the wheel 5 on the shaft 3 by means of the "clutch 57.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patcut is g 1. The improved header comprising a number of section cutters 33 for strip ing ofithe heads and cutters 34 for cutting o in each section,--means for actuating said cut \ters, jagged reels for bringing the heads to the cutters, an endless band leading from said head cutters, a Windlass and connections between the latter and these several sections,

whereby said sections may be raised independently, and supporting rollers under the cutters 34, substantially as set forth.

2. In'aheader, the combination of sectional ALVEsTO S. HOGUE,

/ Witnesses:

A. FUNK.

the stalkscutter barsarranged end to endeach in an E apronleading from each cut--- 

